Book Reviews… “The Embrace of lush / unfamiliar arms,” a Review of Ae Hee Lee’s Asterism 9 Feb 2026 (Review published here in Colorado Review, February 2026) In her debut poetry collection, Asterism, Ae Hee Lee writes, “The Napa cabbages inside are as wide / as my childish hips—rare…
News Literary News Update 9 3 Feb 2026 Recent Poetry Publications: "Which Way Into" appears in The Black Fork Review, Issue 12, Dec 2025 "Behind Closed Doors at City Hall," "Be Numb in Numbers: a Playing Out," and…
News Literary News Update 8 3 Oct 2025 Recent Poetry Publications: "Richie and Dick Allen" appears in The Vassar Review, Issue 10 (Frame & Forgery), 2024-2025, p. 5, online access: Digital Edition "Homeless" appears in Puerto del Sol,…
Book Reviews… Sacred Mire and the Cutting Edge of Anti-: Tawahum Bige’s _Cut to Fortress_ 3 Oct 2025 (Review published here in The Rumpus, May 2025) In the opening poem “Origin” from their debut poetry collection, Cut to Fortress, indigenous activist poet Tawahum Bige asks “Where is the…
Book Reviews… On Kweku Abimbola’s _Saltwater Demands a Psalm_ 2 Oct 2025 This review is not online... "On Kweku Abimbola's Saltwater Demands a Psalm in Seneca Review, Volume 55, No. 1, spring 2025, pp. 145-151
Book Reviews… Sustaining the Sense of Beginning, a Review of Devon Walker-Figueroa’s Philomath 18 Feb 202518 Feb 2025 (Review published here in North American Review, February 2025) In "Next to Nothing," near the end of her worthwhile debut poetry collection, Philomath, Devon Walker-Figueroa writes, "I have tried…
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